Arkansas Welcome Centers Celebrate Tourism Week

By Mark Keith, 05/24/24 12:41 PM

The Arkansas Welcome Centers on I-30 and US 71 in Miller County celebrated Tourism Week May 20th through 24th.

Texarkana, Arkansas Mayor Allen Brown (a Hope native) came to the I-30 Welcome Center for a mayoral proclamation for Tourism Week.  Mayor Brown is shown with Welcome Center Manager Carol Walker.

Denise Cooper from the Klipsch Musem of Audio History manned a table at the I-30 Welcome Center to invite visitors to the Klipsch facilities in Hope.

Chloe Stills, Park Interpreter from Millwood State Park was on hand at the US 71 Welcome Center to invited visitors to her park.  She also had pelts showing the various animals which live in and around Millwood.  These included fox, nutria, and mink.

The Tourism Week activities give representatives from tourist destinations around southwest Arkansas the opportunity to share their message with the hundreds of travelers who stop at the visitors’ center each day.